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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Shiloh Industries, Inc., Valley City, OH (US);
James J. Evangelista, Northville, MI (US);
Michael Telenko, Jr., Canton, MI (US);
Jason E. Harfoot, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Jack A. Atkinson, Brunswick, OH (US);
James W. Walther, Litchfield, OH (US);
Anthony M. Parente, Valley City, OH (US);
Shiloh Industries, Inc., Valley City, OH (US);
Abstract
A sheet metal piece includes a base material layer and one or more intermediate and coating material layers, along with a weld notch formed along an edge region of the piece. At least a portion of the coating and intermediate material layers is removed at the weld notch so that certain constituents from such layers do not affect the integrity of a nearby weld joint when it is subsequently formed along the edge region. Various methods of ablation, including laser ablation, can be used to form the weld notch.